In a previous post, I discussed the frustration my wife had trying to print address labels with her Mac. She tried using Address Book, Pages and just about anything else she could think of to no avail.
Avery DesignPro for Mac was the answer!
Here we will explore the basics of the application to help get you started. For full information, see the documentation that is supplied in the help files.
The Application
As can be seen from the screen shot, there are several options available to you at start-up.
Avery DesignPro for Mac was the answer!
Here we will explore the basics of the application to help get you started. For full information, see the documentation that is supplied in the help files.
The Application
As can be seen from the screen shot, there are several options available to you at start-up.
At the top are options for different kinds of labels. (Address, shipping, DVD/CD, etc..) You can choose a prepared template or make your own. Search to find the Avery label stock that you have.
If you want to print a full page of labels with the same address (for example, your return address) be sure to select All Same On. (See above) It may be easier just to type in by hand for single addresses. When you are ready, print the labels and save your work for next time!
If you have already used a label from you sheet, you can select a different label to print so that you can skip over already used and missing labels.
Mail Merge
If you have several labels to print with different addresses that is not a problem! Using Mail Merge you can get addresses from a variety of data formats including Address Book, CSV, and Mail.
It may take some playing around with to get it right as it can be tricky if you have not much experience with data importing, but it is not overly difficult either.
Select a field you wish to import (First Name for example) and click Insert. Add a new line when you need one and so on until you have your data as you want it. This example pulls data from Address Book.
Now, click Data View and tick the boxes for only the addresses that you wish to print. (Tip, click Select None if only want a few. Select the ones you want. Much faster than ticking all those addresses by hand!) Click Merge and you will have the address labels filled out for you ready to print!
If you need help, the help files are very good!
That's a brief review of DesignPro. Give it a try, it's FREE and fairly easy to use!
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